Local Obituaries

Feb 24, 2012

James Fredrick Foster, 79, of Winnsboro, LA died Friday, February 24, 2012 in a Winnsboro care center.

Mr. Foster was born in New Castle, TX, raised in Plainview, TX and has lived the past year in Winnsboro. Mr. Foster began working in the Grocery Industry as a "volunteer" bag boy at the age of 13, at Furr Foods in Plainview, TX,...

Feb 22, 2012

Thomas Edwin "Ed" Phillips Sr., 85, died in a Lafayette Hospital Wednesday, February 22, 2012.

Mr. Phillips was a 32nd Degree Mason, Shriner and member of the VFW # 4347548. Mr. Phillips was a member of the IBEW Local 861. He was a retired Electrician after 45 years of service. He was a hunter and fisherman. He was a devoted husband,...

Feb 21, 2012

Funeral Services for Mary Pelafigue Crader, 90, will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, 23rd of February, 2012 at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church. Father John Huckaby will officiate. Committal services will follow at Highland Memory Gardens under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Visitation Wednesday, February 22, 2012 will be from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm...

Feb 21, 2012

Debbie Marie Dubrock Trahan, 56, of Lake Charles died at 7:00 AM on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 in her residence.

Debbie was born on October 31, 1955 in Alexandria, LA and was a lifelong resident of Bell City and Lake Charles. She was the owner of the Uniform Shop where she proudly served her customers throughout the community. She tirelessly gave...

Feb 21, 2012

Rev. John D. Thigpen, Sr. A Man of Great Valour departed this life to be united with his Lord Jesus Christ of February 21, 2012.

He was born February 14, 1951 to Newton and LaVern Thigpen in Kinder and raised in Iowa, LA. John enjoyed pastoring Boggy Creek Tabernacle. His life was spent spreading the gospel.

Preceding him in death were his...

Feb 20, 2012

Linda M. Webster, 67, of Sulphur died at 7:38 AM on Monday, February 20, 2012 in a local hospital.

Mrs. Webster was born on December 16, 1944 in New Orleans, LA. She was a teacher's aide at Sulphur High School. Mrs. Webster was a member of First Baptist Church of Westlake.

Those left to cherish her memory are two children, Frederick "Freddy"...

Feb 18, 2012

Frank David Campbell, 54, of Sulphur, Louisiana, died at 5:37 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012 in a Lake Charles hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial honoring his life will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 10 am in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 2700 Maplewood Dr. in Sulphur with Father Aubrey V. Guilbeau officiating. Friends are invited for...

Feb 17, 2012

Alan Felix Hunt, age 80, died on Friday, February 17, 2012. A resident of Lake Charles, Alan spent the last few years of his life at the Southwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Jennings.

Born in New Orleans to Ernest Caswell Hunt, Sr. and Alys Deloteus Hunt, he grew up in Lake Charles and attended Lake Charles High School. Alan served...

Feb 17, 2012

Willie Clayton Alger, Jr., 62, of Ragley, LA died at 6:30 AM on Friday, February 17, 2012 in his residence.

Willie was born July 14, 1949 in Monroe, LA, where he lived most of his life until moving to Ragley two years ago. He was a previous member of Soul's Harbor Pentecostal Church in West Monroe and New Life Pentecostal Church...

Feb 17, 2012

Feb 16, 2012

Geneva Spears Doescher, who resided in Longville, died Thursday February 16, 2012 in the comfort of her home surrounded by her family.

She was born in Crowley, LA on June 13, 1931 and married Loyd Alton Doescher on December 15, 1950. A baptized witness of Jehovah, she served faithfully until her death. She was loved by all who knew her...

Feb 16, 2012

Michael Anthony Long, 64, of Texas died on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in Houston, TX.

Mr. Long was born on May 21, 1947 in Lake Charles, LA to Allen Green and Goldie Rich Long. Michael lived an independent life and was active in several organizations related to Disability and Independent Living Rights.

He was born, raised and educated in Moss Bluff/Lake Charles...

Feb 16, 2012

Feb 16, 2012

Claire "Peggy" Eloise Nielsen LaLande was born on February 11, 1928 in Preston, Idaho in Franklin County, where she lived from early childhood to young adulthood. She was the sixth child born to LaVere Parry Nielsen and Elverta Westbury Nielsen. In 1943, she moved with parents and sister, Anna, to Mt. Clemons, Michigan, where she graduated from high school. Shortly...

Feb 16, 2012

Ronald Wayne "Ron, Ronnie" Cormier, Jr., 36, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. Cormier was born April 4, 1975 in Lake Charles, LA, was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived in Cleveland, OH for the last two years. He was a graduate of Francis Howell North High School and worked for American Eagle Air, where...

Feb 15, 2012

Dorothy Blalock Frederick, 84, of Lake Charles died at 6:52 PM Wednesday, February 15, 2011 at her residence.

Mrs. Frederick was a native of Lake Charles and graduated from St. Charles Academy and McNeese State University. Mrs. Frederick moved to Houston where she attended Baylor University School of Nursing. In Houston she worked for a Dermatologist, Internist, and Ear, Nose and...

Feb 14, 2012

James (Jim) Still, Jr. died September 1 at the Southwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Jennings, Louisiana, after a long illness. Jim was born in 1952, the first son of James and Vera Jo Still, in Livingston, Texas. The family moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma, where Jim spent his early years. Jim attended Oklahoma State University until he joined the...

Feb 14, 2012

Aletta Faye Forter McFatter, 86, of Lake Charles died on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 surrounded by her family in her residence. All of Heaven is rejoicing as one more alto has been added to the Heavenly choir.

Mrs. McFatter was born on February 1, 1926 in Cushing, OK and lived in Lake Charles since 1943. She attended Vincent Business College. Mrs....

Feb 14, 2012

Feb 13, 2012

Wendell Ray Boyd of Lake Charles, LA has played the 18th hole of his life; passing away Monday, February 13, 2012 in a local hospital after suffering a major stroke. He lived his life right up to the day before the stroke as he had lived it for the past 92 years; never meeting a stranger, always on the go,...